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What is a word for when white light enters a prism each wavelength is reflected by a different amount?
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∙ 11y ago
-- First of all, your description of what happens is incorrectly stated.
The word "reflected" should actually be "refracted".
-- The word you're looking for is "dispersion".
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∙ 11y ago
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When light enters a different medium the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determined by the medium index of .?
When light enters a different medium, the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determined by the medium's index of..........=refraction
What happens when light strikes a prism?
If the light enters the prism at an angle the light will bend. The amount the light will bend depends on its wavelength. Each wavelength is bent a different amount effectively splitting the light into its constituent wavelengths. Visible light (390 - 750 nm) will split into a rainbow. see link below
What happens to wavelength as a wave leaves the air and enters the perspex?
The wavelength bends forward as it leaves the air and enters the Perspex. The frequency of the wavelength will also increase.
What is a term that means reflected light?
The light which enters is called the incident ray and the reflected light is called the reflected ray.
When light enters a different medium the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determind by the medium's index of?
When light enters a different medium, the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determined by the medium's index of..........=refraction
When light enters a different medium the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determined by the mediums index?
When light enters a different medium, the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determined by the medium's index of..........=refraction
When light enters a different medium the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determined by the medium's index of .?
When light enters a different medium, the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determined by the medium's index of..........=refraction
When light enters a different medium the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determined by the medium index of .?
When light enters a different medium, the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determined by the medium's index of..........=refraction
What happens when light strikes a prism?
If the light enters the prism at an angle the light will bend. The amount the light will bend depends on its wavelength. Each wavelength is bent a different amount effectively splitting the light into its constituent wavelengths. Visible light (390 - 750 nm) will split into a rainbow. see link below
What happens to wavelength as a wave leaves the air and enters the perspex?
The wavelength bends forward as it leaves the air and enters the Perspex. The frequency of the wavelength will also increase.
What is a term that means reflected light?
The light which enters is called the incident ray and the reflected light is called the reflected ray.
When light enters a different medium the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determind by the medium's index of?
When light enters a different medium, the amount that the light is bent as it enters the medium is determined by the medium's index of..........=refraction
What happens to the wavelength of a wave as it leaves the air and enters Perspex?
it stays the same
What happens when light falls on a wooden chair?
some part of light reflected from the chair enters our eyes
What happens to visible light that enters earths atmosphere?
it is reflected or scattered due to albedo.
Why do different trophic level have different amount of energy?
Some energy transferred at each successive trophic level enters the environment as heat.
What happens when light and its wavelength travels from one medium to another?
The speed of light and its wavelength decreases when it enters a new medium. The physicist Snell showed that it can vary.
